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Nominate art for the Christmas Day front page

Five years ago, the Journal Sentinel began a tradition by offering readers the gift of art on Christmas Day. In the space normally reserved for the top news of the day, we present readers with a work of art by a Wisconsin artist. »Read Full Blog Post

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The most recent artwork chosen was "Madonna and Child" but nothing's going to soothe your anger and feelings of being slighted, is it?

The artist has a responsibility to express themself, that's all. The Journal is a private entity and has the right to select anything it believes will sell papers, or whatever suits their purpose.

Please keep in mind when doing your "selective beeyotching" that the paper has never published a large front-page image that pays homage, even in pandering form, to any other world religion *except* Christianity. Funny, I don't see any hysterics from the members of those religions crying foul about that.

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